Ok. I won’t. I gave up after trying to watch season two. I just couldn’t get into it, even though I enjoyed season one. I dunno if it’s because it was boring, I’m zombied out, or they waited too long to come back on the air for me to feel invested anymore.
Didn’t play the games so I have no reference, but I thought Season 1 was excellent! The third episode had me fuckin’ bawling my eyes out lol. I thought it was a stellar episode! Overall touching, wholesome, etc. The vibe Season 1 also seemed more “real” (in the event fungus zombies were to become real.).
Idk if/how much Season 2 was true to the game but I didn’t really enjoy it.
Bella’s acting fell flat imo, it seemed like she couldn’t shake being constantly awkward on screen. The story focus on Ellie’s gf’s pregnancy was weird and all of the dialogue surround it was pretty shit. I personally found it rather disjointed to have that one episode end in a stanky fingering scene — like they’d be so fuckin dirty bro, and are the characters supposed to be so naïve/ignorant that they don’t consider maybe the pregnant girl could get a very inconvenient UTI in a dangerous place? My girlfriend took personal issue with the makeup, hair, and clothing choices by the showrunners lol. It overall felt like the writers didn’t know what they wanted or what they were doing but felt as if they should shoehorn therapy-talk/themes in it at every corner.
I personally wished we got more zombies or story behind the militia group.
I don’t think it was Bella’s acting that fell short. I think they just gave them shitty writing. Bella portrayed Ellie’s character so well in S1 (never played the game) and S2 is just a different person. Even the flashbacks in S2 have S1 Ellie vibes.
Yeah, I now keep a note of shows that I’m interested in and then later watch it when it is completed and the final season is well reviewed. Like Andor for example. Was a very good show and I was happy I could watch at my own pace instead of 2 year gaps between seasons.
I’d have forgotten everything and lost the emotional connections I had developed for the characters if I had watched it as it aired. But most importantly forgotten so much.
I find I can’t get into any show unless it is at least 3 seasons in and it sounds like the show will be able to wrap up properly.
I watched the first season of Wheel of Time thinking there’s no way someone would start an ambitious series like that with 13 books of source material without planning to finish it. Ugh.
Ok. I won’t. I gave up after trying to watch season two. I just couldn’t get into it, even though I enjoyed season one. I dunno if it’s because it was boring, I’m zombied out, or they waited too long to come back on the air for me to feel invested anymore.
Didn’t play the games so I have no reference, but I thought Season 1 was excellent! The third episode had me fuckin’ bawling my eyes out lol. I thought it was a stellar episode! Overall touching, wholesome, etc. The vibe Season 1 also seemed more “real” (in the event fungus zombies were to become real.).
Idk if/how much Season 2 was true to the game but I didn’t really enjoy it.
Bella’s acting fell flat imo, it seemed like she couldn’t shake being constantly awkward on screen. The story focus on Ellie’s gf’s pregnancy was weird and all of the dialogue surround it was pretty shit. I personally found it rather disjointed to have that one episode end in a stanky fingering scene — like they’d be so fuckin dirty bro, and are the characters supposed to be so naïve/ignorant that they don’t consider maybe the pregnant girl could get a very inconvenient UTI in a dangerous place? My girlfriend took personal issue with the makeup, hair, and clothing choices by the showrunners lol. It overall felt like the writers didn’t know what they wanted or what they were doing but felt as if they should shoehorn therapy-talk/themes in it at every corner.
I personally wished we got more zombies or story behind the militia group.
I don’t think it was Bella’s acting that fell short. I think they just gave them shitty writing. Bella portrayed Ellie’s character so well in S1 (never played the game) and S2 is just a different person. Even the flashbacks in S2 have S1 Ellie vibes.
Good point. It could be that! It could be both as well - Bella and the writers.
All I know is that one of the parties involved in Ellie’s portrayal messed with the formula and made it a lil worse than S1.
Long gaps kill momentum between seasons.
I feel like I have to rewatch the first season before the second of it’s more than a year.
Yeah, I now keep a note of shows that I’m interested in and then later watch it when it is completed and the final season is well reviewed. Like Andor for example. Was a very good show and I was happy I could watch at my own pace instead of 2 year gaps between seasons.
I’d have forgotten everything and lost the emotional connections I had developed for the characters if I had watched it as it aired. But most importantly forgotten so much.
I find I can’t get into any show unless it is at least 3 seasons in and it sounds like the show will be able to wrap up properly.
I watched the first season of Wheel of Time thinking there’s no way someone would start an ambitious series like that with 13 books of source material without planning to finish it. Ugh.
I didn’t even make it through Season 1 of Wheel of Time…
I can’t remember a single character name, or any of their personalty. Or chemistry. There must have been very little?
I remember Rosamund Pike was in it. She’s always delightful.
I actually do remember her, yeah.